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Non-departmental Public Bodies: Recruitment

Mr. Gregory Campbell: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what information his Department holds on numbers of people resident in Northern Ireland who have (a) applied for and (b) been appointed by Ministers to posts in UK-wide non-departmental bodies in each of the last three years. [259726]

Mr. Watson [holding answer 27 February 2009]: This information is not held by Government. The Government are, however, committed to promoting diversity in public appointments and ensuring that people from all parts of the UK have an equal opportunity to serve on the boards of UK public bodies.

Voluntary Organisations: Government Assistance

Mr. Hurd: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster which elements of the Recession Action Plan for the Third Sector are funded from existing budgets of Government departments and non-departmental bodies. [260487]

Kevin Brennan: All elements of Real Help for Communities: Volunteers, Charities and Social Enterprises have been funded from existing budgets across Government in order to invest in the sector now.


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This includes funding from the Department of Work and Pensions, up to £10 million and £11.5 million from the Department of Health. The remaining funding is a £13.5 million draw down on end-year flexibility and £7.5 million from within existing Office of the Third Sector budgets.

Health

Abortion

Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many women were referred by national health service GPs to the British Pregnancy Advisory Service for an abortion in the last period for which figures are available, broken down by the (a) age of the woman, (b) length of gestation of the pregnancy at referral and (c) region of residence of the woman; [259041]

(2) how many early medical abortions were performed by the British Pregnancy Advisory Service at the request of the national health service in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by the (a) age of the woman, (b) length of gestation of the pregnancy and (c) region of residence of the woman. [259042]

Dawn Primarolo: Information on referrals for abortion by general practitioners is not collected.

The information requested on national health service funded abortions is shown in the following tables.

Total NHS funded abortions at British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) clinics, England , 2007
Age Number

Under 15

281

15

756

16

1,483

17

2,132

18

2,652

19

2,865

20

2,772

21

2,606

22

2,561

23

2,372

24

2,119

25

2,011

26

1,861

27

1,738

28

1,469

29

1,319

30

1,157

31

1,146

32

1,137

33

1,008

34

934

35

859

36

856

37

744

38

683

39

577

40

464

41

353

42

281

43

193

44

119

45 and over

139

Total

41,647


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Gestation weeks Number

5 and under

1,571

6

3,906

7

8,617

8

7.934

9

4,616

10

3,562

11

2,368

12

2,235

13

1,597

14

1,158

15

789

16

642

17

572

18

487

19

394

20

413

21

334

22

254

23

198

Total

41,647


Strategic health authority of residence of woman , 2007

Number

East of England

1,285

East Midlands

1,972

London

8,976

North West

3,367

North East

45

South Central

4,719

South East Coast

4,753

South West

3,627

West Midlands

9,841

Yorkshire and The Humber

3,062

Total

41,647


Total NHS funded medical abortions performed under nine weeks gestation at BPAS clinics, England , 2007
Age Number

Under 16

136

Under 18

754

18

514

19

581

20

590

21

580

22

625

23

579

24

528

25

513

26

472

27

451

28

390

29

337

30

338

31

276

32

311

33

290

34

287

35 and over

1,506

Total

9,922



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Gestation weeks Number

5 and under

1,456

6

3,014

7

3,295

8

2,157

Total

9,922


Strategic health authority of residence of woman , 2007

Number

East of England

(1)

East Midlands

326

London

1,706

North West

349

North East

(1)

South Central

844

South East Coast

1,407

South West

1,013

West Midlands

2,811

Yorkshire and The Humber

1,143

Total

9,922

(1) Suppressed totals less than 10 (between 0 and 9) and values where a presented total would reveal a suppressed value.

Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the areas are with (a) high abortion and (b) repeat abortion rates, referred to in paragraph 5.31 of Healthy lives brighter futures: The strategy for children and young people's health; and if he will make a statement. [259050]

Dawn Primarolo: The information requested is shown in the following tables.


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